"...don't buy this CD. Most of this is emo, and quite a bit of it is meandering and not particularly catchy. There are a few good bands on this CD--enough to merit maybe listening to it once or twice, but it's not worth your time if you're an actual punk fan. It has an interesting mix of music, but it doesn't fit together too well. The upsides to this compilation are as follows: one, the Dropkick Murphys song, and two, it's inexpensive. However, it's even less expensive to just forget about buying this CD at all."
A very good cd but nort what most punk fans would expect
Alexa S | 09/27/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"More like mixed music-o-rama. This is a great cd but for a true punk fan it may be something to avoid. I love the indie rock, rap and "emo" on this. Honestly i don't think there is any emo on this cd. Its more like rock. Emo is trash like yellow card but this cd dosn't have any thing like that on it. The dvd is just a bounus, and a good one at that. All and all this is a ver good CD *****"
.....and worse again.
craig_batfoot | Sydney, Australia | 06/17/2004
(1 out of 5 stars)
"I don't understand why this is called Punk-O-Rama. There are a couple of punk bands on there, and good ones, Bad Religion, Dropkick's, Bouncing Souls, Pennywise, Pulley, Randy etc. Then the rest of them are slow emo rubbish, and worst of all, there is about 3 rap songs. I would understand if it was just another compilation, but it is called PUNK-o-rama, and therefore, should be punk, and punk only. You buy the Punk-O-Rama series and expect to listen to old, new and upcoming punk bands, like the earlier Punk-O-Rama CD's. If I wanted to listen to rap I would start looking at Eminem or Snoop Dogg CD's. 1 star anyway for the 5 or 6 good songs on there, by the above bands I mentioned."
Punk at a broader view
Aaron | 06/27/2005
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Some of the reviews of this comp seem to be narrow minded. If you've ever listened to the other punk o ramas you'd see that this cd follows the trend though Epitaph seems to be broadening its selection slightly. This cd has most of the regulars and adds a few newbies to punkorama like Atmosphere, Eyedea, and Error. Hiphop artists like Sage Francis and Atmosphere have been traversing into the punk scene lately and it makes a lot of sense to include them in the punkoramas. All in all, this cd was pieced together very well and has a ton of good songs. Well worth it for about $5."
Crap
Drew C. Mckay | melbourne aus | 06/12/2004
(1 out of 5 stars)
"this is crap
5 good songs, the rest are crap emo tracks that are so slow and
un punk i would rather kill myself than listen to them again
and what about tracks 22 and 23 being crap rap songs"